Dr. Susie Erenrich ’10 (GSLC, PhD) edited The Cost of Freedom: Voicing a Movement after Kent State 1970 (2020) a multi-genre anthology commemorating the May 4, 1970 shootings by the Ohio National guard that killed four and wounded nine Kent State students. The anthology reflects on the impact and aftermath of that fateful day, calling for continued conversation, peace, and strides toward social justice.
Kate Sipe ’02
What if classrooms were envisioned as a small democracy? What if our students practiced democracy in their classroom year after year? Further, what if they knew they deserved it? Kate Sipe, ’02, Antioch University Seattle MA in Education with Graduate Teacher Preparation and an adjunct faculty who teaches Classroom Management courses, published a timely post in Medium in the wake of the 2020 Presidential election about the importance of democratic schools and teaching civics to our children: “Psst… Hey teachers… Let’s teach civics in our classrooms every single day.” Start today. Start small. Just start. Let your classroom be a microcosm